Cash register and recorder.



NO. 628,96l. Patentod July |8, !899. J. PFEIFER. CASH REGISTER AND RECORDER.

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No. 628,96I. Patented July !8, !899.

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Patented July !8, 1899.

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE'.

JOHN PFEIFER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MAST, FOOS &7COMPANY, OF SAME PLAOE;

CASH REGISTER AND RECORDER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,961, dated July 18,1899.

Application filed April 14, 1898.

To all whom ii; 'uy concerns Be it known that I, JOHN PFEI'FER, acitizen of the United Stat-es, residing at Springfield, in the eounty ofClark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cash Registers and Reeorders, of which the following isa sp'ecification.

My invention relates to improvements in cash registers and recorders;and the object of my invention is to provide what might be terned aeombination cash-register and auxiliary register, the latter of whichmay be an autographic register.

The princip-al object is to provide means by which when thecash-register is operated in the usual or normal way the auxiliaryregister is inactive, but when an unusual transaetion takes place whichcannot be com pleted upon the main register or cash-register proper thenthe auxiliary register will be brought into operative position and theoperation of the main register prcvented.

I accomplish the objects by the devices shown in the aecompanyingdrawings, in whichg Figure l is a seetional elevation of a wellknowntype of machine to which my invention is shown applied. Fig. 2 is adetail view in perspective of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same Fig. 4 is a sectional elevationof the auxiliary register in detail. Fig 5 is a plan view of a portionof the same, showing a slight modification. Figs. ti and 7 arerespectively perspective Views of the connecting part-s of the apparatussuliicient to show the nanner in which the device may be applied toregisters of modified or different constructions. Fig. 8 is a sectionalelevation of my device. Figs.

l and 0 are detail views of my device.

Like parts are represented by the same letters oi' reference in thedifferent views.

In eash-registers, generallyspeaking, it has been common to indicatetransactions of different kinds, and these may be divided into whatmaybe terned usual transaetions and The usual transaetions are thosewhich are taken care of and properly registered by the machine, and inSerial No. 677,(337. (No model.)

many machines the usual transactions are confined to the registration ofeashsales or transactions and the unusual transactions are those whichare not taken care of by the malchine proper and are such as when goodsare sold on account, money paid out or received on account, &e In thisclass of cash-registers means are provided for indieating the unusualtransaetions, but the transaction itself is manually recorded on a slip,which is placed with the cash in the cash drawer or receptaele. In myimproved eonstruction I provide an auxiliaydevice, preferably in theform of an autographie register, on which these u n usual transactionsmay be noted, and this anxilia'yregister is so connected to thecash-register that it is normally inactive when the cash-register isoperated in its usual and intended manner, while the cash-register orregister proper is rendered inactive when an unusual transaction is tobe recorded on the auxiliary or snpplenentary register.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a cash-register of awell-known typefor instance, a type shown in' the United States LettersPatent No. 579,(30i, dated March 30, 1897, issued to nie-'and Brepresents the auxiliary or supplementary register. In Figs. l to 3,inclusive, I have shown a register of the said lever type in whichcash-keys a, numbered corresponding to the amounts to be registered andindicated, are arranged in connection with suitable indicating andregistering devices common in the particular type of register. Thesecashkeys a are normally locked and can only be operated after-a lever Z)on the outside ,of the casing has been moved froni its normal position,the movement of this lever being adapted to accomplish the movement ofthe necessary indicating and registering devices, the complete operationof which is described and set forth in my prior patent, No. 579,(304,dated March 30,1897. The keys are normally held locked either in theirnormal position or depressed position by a pivoted catch a', which isoperated bythe movement of the lever b, and a shaft b', to which theleveris attaehed in the manner further eX- plained in my said priorpatent. The opera- IOO tion of this lever Z also serves to open theeash-drawer and complete the registration, which will be indicated bythe keys.

The auxiliary register B is placed, prefer ably, outside of the maincasing, and its mechanism is connected to that of the main register by arod or shaft c, which extends fron one of these devices to the other andthrough the respective cases thereof. This auxiliary register may be ofany suitable form, but preferably embodies a strip of paper which isnormally rolled up on a snpplyroll c' and passing over a suitable platec is attaehed to a winding-roll c On the rod c, within the auxiliaryregister, there is an arm c' which earries at its outer end a pawl 0which engages with a ratehet-wheel e on the end ot' a winding-roll 0 theconstruction being such that each time the shaft c is oscillated thewinding-roll is turned a portion of a revolution corresponding to theratchet c' \Vithin the easing of the main register A the shaft c isprovided with an arm d, connected at its outer end by the link c?, whichis pivoted to the lower end of a lever (P, jonrnaled near its middle ona rod I, which is a part of the organization of the main register.Pivoted to the top of the lever (2 is an L-shaped lever (1 which hasprojecting 'from one side thereof a lug or finger d which normally restsin a notch (7 in a laterally-noving link or har (Z This link or bar d isconnected at one end toan arm or collarb at the point marked a in Fig.2, on the leveushatt b', and is pivoted at its outer end to anarm (2which turns loosely on the rod or shaft Z, which is in proximity to thepivoted lever (Z The arrangement is such that ordinarily when the shaftb' is oseillated by the movement of the lever b a corresponding`movement is imparted through the link (Z and finger d* to the L-shapedarm (6 which in turn communieates the motion through the lever link d',and arm (Z to the shaft c, causing the same to turn and impart movementtothe auxiliary register. Hinged loosely on the shat't Z, between thelever (P and the arm (F, is a stoplever c, having on one side a pin orprojection e', belowthe notehed bar d. This stoplever e projects aboveand normally rests on the lug or projection d on the L-shaped arm (1 andis cut away on its under side near its enter end to form a shoulder 6 Inthis particular class of machines the cash-keys are arranged in banksrepresenting different denominations, those marked a being of unitsdenoininatio's and those marked a' of tens denominations, and each bankis provided with a hinged yoke f, which projects over all the keys inthat bank for the purposes of the Operations of the register, theseyokes being hinged to the rod Z. Extending across the keys, so as toengage all of these yokes, is a bar f, supported on suitable arms jwhich are also hinged on rod l, and the bar f' is provided with a platef (see Fig. 2,) on which the downwardly-projecting &8,961

end of the L-shaped lever d rcsls. The result of this construction isthat whenever a key in any series or bank is pressed the bar f', andthrough'it the L-shaped arm (1 will be raised. The raising of this barafter the lever I) has been moved downwardly until the lug d is oppositethe shoulder c raises the lug or projection d' out of the notch (1 inthe bar (Z As in this machine the keys can only be pressed after thelever b has been drawn down to unlock the keys, the elevating of the lugor finger d' from the notch d can take place only when this lug orfinger has been moved opposite the shoulder 6 on the stop-lever c. Theresult is that if a key is depressed the lug or shoulder is raised fronithe notch and is held against the shoulder c on the stop-lever by thecash-key, so that the bar d is permitted to vibrate with the levcr-shaftb' without imparting` motion to the L-shaped arm (Z and through it theauxiliary registeriug device. Briefly stated, the result of thisconstruction is as follows: If the lever is pulled down and allowed toreturn, so as to open the cashdrawer without any manipulation of thekeys or consequent registration on the main register, then thepaperstrip in the auxiliary register is advanced a distancecorresponding to the distance between the ratchets in the ratchet-wheele on the winding-reel 0 and if a cash-key is not depressed prior to thetime that the lever starts back to its normal position then the passingof the lug d* under the stop-arm e will prevent the key from beingoperated and prevent the Operating mechanism of the a uxiliary register'from being detached until it has completed its stroke. Inasmnch as thestop-lever is held from rising by the pin or p'ojection e' Contactingwith bar CZG, the lug or finger d* can be raised out of the notch onlyat the point when said finger is opposite the shoulder e If, however, akey is depressed before the main Operatinglever starts to return to itsnormal position, then the lug or finger (Z would be raised out of thenotch (2 and, Contacting with the shoulder e of the stop-lever, theparts will be locked against movement, the bar (Z being free to moveback and forth while the lug or inger rests on top of the bar, and uponthe next stroke of the lever downwardly the cashkey at the limit of thedownward stroke will be nnlocked and the cash-key depressed will bereturned to its normal position, as fully set forth in my said priorpatent. Thereupon the lug or linger d* will. automatically drop into itsnormal position in the notch (1 In the simplest form of my device theauxiliary register is for-med on top, as shown in Fig. 5, the paperstrip being preferably ruled in columns to denote the character of thetransactions,` a space 0 being left in the upper case or coversul'ficiently wide to per- 'mit the operator to write in the columndesired the amount of the transaction and the name, if necessary, of thecustomer. After each such operation the paper is advanced ICO IIO

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sufiiciently to bring this registration under the cover, which may, ifdesired, be formed for a part of the way of glass, as shown at 0 Fig. 5,so that the last transaction will always be in sight. The glass portionmay be marked, as shown, to indicate the proper columns on the strip forparticular transactions. I preferably employ an auxiliary registeringdevice, however, as shown in Fig. 4, in which there is a supple'nentaryrecording-strip 6 which is normally on a roll 0 This strip which I willterm the customer's strip, is arranged to pass under the cover and outthrough an opening c at the end of the cover and adjacent to anoperative knife e, the cover below theknife being provided with anextended opening 0 separated from the opening 0 by a bar 0 Under theopening e, however, and between the recording-strip and the customer sstrip is a thin metallic plate c and at the end of this plate andinmediately below the opening 6 there is a slip of carbon ortransferpaper 0 between the customers and recording strips. Thisarrangementpernits a total bill or`invoice to be made out on thecustomer's strip through the opening c and on the metallic plate c whilethe totals or footings are made through the opening c and appear both onthe customer s strip and the recording-strip. After the transaction hasbeen properly recorded the customers strip is drawn out through theopening c and the invoice severed from the strip against the knife e.This knife c stands sufliciently above the opening so that the end fromwhich the bill is severed will project far enough from the opening so asto extend over the recess 0 in a position to be readily seized by theOperator when the strip is to be again drawn forward. In Fig. 4 the pawl0 is shown. It preferably consists of a flat bar having a quarter-twistnear the center, so that part stands in a horizontal plane and part in avertical. It is cut away at the free end, as shown in Fig. P, to form ashoulder 0 and an extended finger 0 The shoulder 0 engages the teeth ofthe ratchet-Wheel 0 while the finger extends outwardly at the side ofthe ratchet-wheel. Immediately above this pawl 0 is a pivotedspring-pressed pawl 0 which normally engages the sametooth of theratchet-wheel that is engaged by the pawl 0 when at rest. Thisspring-pressed pawl serves the double purpose of holding theactuating-pawl 0 into engagement with the teeth of. the ratchet and alsoprevents a backward movement of the winding-roll. The eXtended finger caifords means for raising both pawls simultaneously out. of engagementwith the ratchet-wheel when it is desired to renove the recording-strip.The supply-rolls c' and 0 pre't'erably have friction-plates 6 which bearagainst the same to prevent them moving too freely.

In Figs. 0 and 7 I have shown means for CID connecting myauxiliaryregister or recording device to other forms of registers. For instance,in Fig. 6 a type of machine is illustrated in which the cash-keys a arenormally unlocked and adapted when depressed to in-` dicate the amount,register the same, and open the cash-drawer at one operation, as shownnore fully in Letters Patent No. :312,014, issued February 10, 1895, toH. Pottin, and similar devices and machines. In machines of this kindspecial keys, such as indicated at a are employed to indicate theunusual transactions. In such case I form this special key so that itdoes not contact with a cross-bar & which is generally employed inmachines of this kind for looking the keys and performing various otherfunctions; but I connect this special key or each of these special keys(1 to the link d', which is pivoted to the arm (Z on the shaft c. Inthis case I extend the arm d from the pivotal point'of the link d', asshown at & and arrange a stop-lover a in proXimity to the same. Thisstop-lever is adapted to be operated by a projection a on one of thearms ot' the crossbar a It will be seen that if the cash-key isdepressed and the registration thus effected the stop-lever a will bemoved over the arm (Z and the auxiliary register will be locked againstoperation. It', however, the special key is depressed, the auxiliaryregister will be operated, and while it is so operated the stop-lever awill be locked by the end ai* of the arm d, and thus all of the cashkeyslocked through the agency of the crossbar a In Fig. 7 I have indicated apart of a machine in which the cash-keys'are arranged in series, and thekeys of each series operate upon a segment & to set the machine inposition for operation, and a special key & is employed for opening thedrawer and performing the operation of registration, which maybeaccomplished by the movement of the drawer. In this case I use anauxiliary connection a which is operated by a special key a and anotched vibrating bar a' is connected directly to this intermediateconnecting part a and the L-shaped bar d is connected directly to thearm (l on the shaft o. I also connect to the mot-'able segment a apivoted stop-lever a connected by a link (t to the L-shaped bar It' thesegment 00 is moved, this pivoted stop-lever a comes in contact with onearm of the L-shaped bar (1 which will be raised bya movementof thepivoted stoplever (1/ so as to withdraw the finger 61 from the notch dthus throwing the auxiliary registering device out of operation andlooking the same. It will be understood that the projecting arm on theL-shaped bar d is turned upwardly instead of downwardly and locksagainst the pivoted stop-level' a when said bar is raised. If a specialkey be operated before a cash-key is operated, then the auxiliaryregister will be operated and the cash- IOO IIO

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keys will be locked by bringing the L-shaped bar & under the stopdever aand thus prevent the movement of the segment (1 I have only shown inFigs. (i and 7 such arts of the main re isterin deviee as are necessaryto show the connections; but as these types of machines are well knownand instanees are shown more fully in Letters Patent No. 325,2GO, issuedSeptember l, 1885, to Walter H. Maxwell, and in Letters Patent No.31201& issued February 10, 1895, to II. Pottin, it is thought that theoperation will be readily understood. It is obvious that similareonnections may be made with any of the well-known machines on themarket, so that whenever the main register is operated in the usualmanner the auxiliary register will be inactive, and whenever the mainregister is to be operated in an unusual manner the auxiliary registerwill be thrown into operative position.

The registering meehanism which I preferablyenploy is illustrated inFigs. S and 9, the operation of which may be brieily deseribed as.follows: Arranged above each bank of cash-keys a and adjacent to theends thereof isa graduated segment g, which is hung on the nain shaft b'by arms g as shown in Fig. 1, said segment being normally held by aprojection 9 on the hinged yol ef. hen a cash-key is depressed, theprojection g will be disengaged from the graduated segment g, allowingsaid segment to swing until it Contacts with the key depressed. This,through the connections (1 and 1 will move the rack (1 a eorrespondingdistance, this rack 9 being adapted to engage with the lever-pinion gwhich is connected to the register g and Will thus operate the registerto correspond with the key depressed, the said lever-pinion beingbrought into engagement with the rack at the proper time by meehanisnconnected with the lever g as fully described in my said former patent.

It is believed that from the above description the operation of thedevice will be clearly understood without any further descriptionthereof.

Having thus described my invention. I claim 1. In a cash-register a mainregister for registering usual transactions, an auxiliaryregister forregistering unusual transactions, an Operating connection from said mainregister to said auxiliary register and means substantially as described'for preventing the operation of the auxiliary register when the saidmain register is operated in the usual manner and automaticallyconneeting said auxiliary and main registers after the nain register hasbeen operated.

2. In a cash-register, a main register having a series of cashheys forregistering usual transactions, an auXili-ary register for registeringunusual transactions normally connected with said main register, anoperative connection from said main register to said auxiliary registerand means substantially as described controlled by the operation of saideaslrkey for holding connected said main register and auxiliary registeruntil one of the cash-keys is operated and preventing the operation ofthe auxiliary register when said main register is eperated.

In a cash-register a main register for registering usual transactions,an auxiliary register for registering nnusual transactions, a singleconnecting-shaft extending from the main register to the auxiliaryregister, and means connected to said shaft for preventing the operationof the auxiliary register whenever said main register is operated in theusual manner, substantially as specified.

t. In a cash-register, a main register for registering usualtransactions, an auxiliaryregister for registering unnsual transaetions,operating conne'ctions from said main register to the auxiliary registcr, and means controlled bythe operation of the main register fordisconneeting the auxiliary register from the main register wheneversaid main register is operated and means for preventing the operation ofthe auxiliary register when disconneeted from the main register.

5. The conbination with a cash-register, cash-keys and an auxiliaryrecording device normally in connection with said register, means withinsaid register for Operating said recording deviee and means controlledby cash-keys substantially as described, for holding said recordingdevice in an inactive position when said register-ing deviee is operatedand adapted to cause the auxiliary recording device to be connected tothe register after said registeringdevice has been operated,substantially as specified.

0. The combination with a cash-register, caslrkeys, and an auxiliaryrecording deviee having a recording-strip, means within saidcash-:register for Operating the recording-strip and advancing saidstrip a given distance when the eash-receptacle is unlocked withoutOperating the cash-key and means for preventing the operation of saidstrip when the cash-key is operated and automatically conneeting theauxiliary recording device with the register when the cash-keyisreturned to its normal position.

7. In a cash-register a main register having a series of cash-keysadapted when operated to cause said register to indicate the amountdesignated by said keys, an operating-shaft and conneeting devices insaid register for performing or indicating an operation independent ofsaid cash-keys, an auxiliary register connected to said main registerandmeans for disconneeting the auxiliary register from the main registerwhen the cash-key is depressed, but adapted to prevent the disconnectionof the auxiliary register until the said operating-shaft has been movedand the cashkey depressed, substantially as specified.

8. The combination with a winding-roll of a pivoted pawl, aratehet-wheel with which IOO said pawl engages said pnwl being providedwith ;L flat surface having an extended fin ger and zt sp'ingectnatedholding-pawl, hearing against said aetuated pawl, said pawls being eachadapted to simnltaneonsly engage the same tooth of the ratchet-Wheel,snbstantially tS specified.

9. In a recording device zt recording-strip, and a suppienentary orcustomers strip, a snpp1y-rol1 and a winding-roll for saidWinding-strip, and a supply-roil for said auxiliary strip, arecording-pinte over which said strips run, and a separating-plate oversaid recording-plete between said recording and ztuxil- LPy strips, anopening through the ease of said recording device having a knife forsevering said anxiliary strip, and a depression in said eetsing adjaoentto said knife substantially as specified.

10. The combination with zt cash-register having a series of cash-keys,of an auxiliary recording device normally connected therewith having arecording-strip, means within said cash-register for Operating theregister and also Operating the recording-strip when the cash-receptaeleis unlocked without operating the cash-key, means for preventing theoperation of said strip when the cash-key is operated, and means forpreventing the operation of the cash-key, after the operation of saidstrip is begun, substantially as specified.

ll. The coinbination with a register of a recording device connectedthereto, a connec- 'Lion between said register and recording device,means for Operating said recording device by the operation of saidregister When a cash-key is not depressed, said reeorder beingdisconneeted by the operation of a cash-key in said register and beinglocked against diseonneetion until a cash-key is operated.

In testinony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day ofFebruary, A. D. 1898.

JOHN PFEIFER.

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-CHAS. I. W ELCH,

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